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Speaking tasks

One-off practice with a goal: scenario practice, exam practice, or a mock interview. Assigned by a parent or teacher, or to yourself; practised under Learn → Practice tasks.

A speaking task is one practice session with a goal: say the set content, optionally by a due date.

Where it is

What you want to doWhere
Practise a taskLearn → Practice tasks, tap Practice
Assign a taskMe → Family / Teaching, or Space → Speaking tasks
See the summary and completed tasksSpace → Speaking tasks

Task types

TypeWhat you practiseMaterials
Scenario practicePick a scenario and practice mode; it opens in Self practiceNot needed
Exam practicePick the exam and level, then What to practise: an item type and number of items, drawn from speaking-item materialsSpeaking-item materials needed
Mock interviewUnder Exam practice, choose Mock interview in What to practiseNo item materials needed

In Practice tasks the tags are “Assigned · Speaking”, “Assigned · Exam”, and “Assigned · Mock interview”. Speaking steps from a plan are tagged “Plan · Speaking”.

Steps: assign

  1. Open Assign speaking task and choose Assign to. You can pick several people; each gets their own copy. You can also pick Me to assign it to yourself.
  2. Choose the Task type and fill in the scenario or exam, item type, and number of items.
  3. Optional: task title, instructions, suggested length, due date.
  4. Tick Activate on publish. If you leave it unticked, the task is saved as Not activated and cannot be practised yet.
  5. Tap Publish task.

Steps: practise

  1. Open Learn → Practice tasks. Filter by All / Assigned / Plan.
  2. Tap Practice to open that task on the Practice page.
  3. When done, you return to the Learn tab you came from. Review completed tasks in Space → Speaking tasks or Progress.

Task states

StateMeaning
Not activatedSaved but not activated; cannot be practised yet
Not startedActivated but not practised yet
In progressPractice has started
OverduePast the due date and not done
Completed / CancelledFinished tasks

By role

RoleWhat you can do
PersonalAssign tasks to yourself and practise them
Parent / teacherAssign to a child, a learner, or yourself; see the summary in Space. Activity only shows completed practice
Child / learnerPractise under Learn → Practice tasks

If…

SituationWhat to do
You are told this level has no such item typePick an item type that has materials, or tap Assign a mock interview / Assign scenario practice
You are told the person has no speaking-item materials yetYou can still assign it. They see a notice when they open it; a parent or teacher gets or buys the material in the store
A child or learner opens a task and is told materials are missingTap Message a parent / Message the teacher
The list is emptyAsk the assigner to publish and activate the task, or use Self practice
The Practice tasks tab is missingIt may be turned off in space settings; links in notifications still open the task
Cannot practise / not enough minutesCheck that practice minutes have been allocated. See Allocate practice time

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Last updated: Thu Oct 15

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